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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042694
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.11 (Adair 10)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
East Lothian
Creator:
Adair, John (b.1660, d.1718)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1682
Description:
This manuscript map of East Lothian was drawn by John Adair in 1682. It is unique in being his only county survey which survives in two copies. The map depicts an area from Wallyford to Cockburnspath. Adair's familiarity with the county is manifest by the wealth of detail shown. Apart from plans of Haddington, and Dunbar, the policies of Yester and Seaton are particularly noticeable. Significant hills, such as Traprain (Dunpender) Law, are named and offshore islands are sketched. Adair probably prepared this map for incorporation in a new Scottish atlas proposed by Sir Robert Sibbald but which was never published. In the late 1730s, Richard Cooper engraved a series of maps in Edinburgh, based on Adair's surveys and including East Lothian.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
54.5 x 49.5cm (1' 9 7/16" x 1' 7 1/2")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Lothian
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, pp.591-592.
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.186.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
94268850
Repro Title:
East Lothian [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042694c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001015
Repro Capture Date:
04/08/2000 15:00:00

East Lothian [1 of 1]

East Lothian [1 of 1]